[PyQt] Open Embedded python-sip recipe question

[ed]

On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 03:16 +0100, David Boddie wrote:
> On Monday 22 February 2010, ed wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 01:40 +0100, David Boddie wrote:
> 
> > > Maybe this is the cause of the missing sip.so. Those error messages are
> > > surprising - which version of Python is being used to run the tasks?
> >
> > My host system is Ubuntu 9.04 and I am running Python 2.6.2
> 
> OK. Maybe something in the
> 
> org.openembedded.dev/classes/distutils-common-base.bbclass
> 
> file needs to be updated to raise a proper class-based exception rather
> than the string exception it does currently.
> 
> Could it be that it is trying to give you this error?
> 
>   No Python in STAGING_INCDIR. Forgot to build python-native ?
> 
> > > Sorry, I don't know. :-( I think you might get some detailed help on an
> > > OpenEmbedded mailing list, or if you ask the person who committed the
> > > recipes for SIP.
> >
> > Asked already on OE, no response.  Phil Thomson wrote the pyqt recipe
> > not sure if he did the sip recipe.
> 
> I notice that Phil's surname is spelled incorrectly in the AUTHOR field, so
> perhaps someone else actually wrote the recipe. :-/
> 
> David


You are probably correct that the class distutils-common-base.bbclass
needs to be changed.  But the build of sip did not stop so I don't think
this is my main problem.

I am wondering if python2.6 will work with sip_4.7.9 and pyqt_4.4.3?

Ed



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